Connecticut · statute · Conn. Gen. Stat. ch. 801b · 74 active provisions
The fees charged by Probate Courts shall be uniform for all of the probate districts established by law. Fees shall be assessed in accordance with sections 45a-106a, 45a-107, 45a-108a and 45a-109 to 45a-112, inclusive.
Section 45a-106 is repealed, effective January 1, 2016.
(a) The fees set forth in this section apply to each filing made in a Probate Court in any matter other than a decedent's estate. (b) The fee to file each of the following motions, petitions or applications in a Probate Court is two hundred fifty dollars: (1) With respect to a minor child: (A) Appoint a temporary guard…
(a) The basic fees for all proceedings in the settlement of the estate of any deceased person, including succession and estate tax proceedings, shall be in accordance with the provisions of this section. (b) In the case of a decedent who dies on or after July 1, 2016, fees shall be computed as follows: (1) The basis fo…
Section 45a-107a is repealed, effective July 1, 2012.
(a) As used in this section: (1) “Bona fide purchaser” means a party who takes a conveyance of real property in good faith and pays valuable consideration, without actual, implied or constructive notice that (A) a holder or former holder of a title interest in the real property died on or after January 1, 2015, while c…
Section 45a-108 is repealed, effective January 1, 2016.
(a) On or after January 1, 2016, the basic fee for a fiduciary to file an account in the Probate Court in any matter other than a decedent's estate is the greater of: (1) The product of the number of one year periods or part thereof covered by the account times 0.05 per cent of the greatest of: (A) The fiduciary acquis…
In addition to the basic fees specified in sections 45a-106a, 45a-107 and 45a-108a, the following expenses shall be payable to the Probate Courts: (1) For recording each page or fraction thereof after the first five pages of any one document, three dollars; (2) for each notice in excess of two with respect to any heari…
(a) With respect to a decedent's estate, the fees and expenses under sections 45a-107 and 45a-109 shall be paid for by the executor or administrator, except that if there is no such fiduciary, the fees and expenses shall be paid by the person filing the succession tax return under section 12-359 or the estate tax retur…
(a) No fee or expense shall be charged for any proceedings in the settlement of the estate of any member of the armed forces who died while in service in time of war as defined in section 27-103. (b) No fees or expenses shall be charged under sections 45a-106a to 45a-112, inclusive, or under section 45a-727 for adoptio…
When the state or any of its agencies or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System is an applicant, petitioner or moving party commencing a matter in a Probate Court, or is otherwise liable for the fees or expenses under sections 45a-106a to 45a-112, inclusive, the court shall accep…
Section 45a-113 is repealed, effective June 6, 2014.
(a) Whenever a Probate Court determines that a refund is due an applicant, petitioner, moving party or other person for any overpayment of costs, fees, charges or expenses incurred under the provisions of sections 45a-106a to 45a-112, inclusive, the Probate Court Administrator shall, upon receipt of certification of su…
Each Probate Court may allow the payment of any fees charged by such court by means of a credit card, charge card, debit card or an electronic funds transfer. Such court shall charge the person making such payment a service fee for any such payment made by means of any such card or electronic funds transfer. The fee sh…
(a) Any lien upon real estate situated in this state for either (1) the succession tax, other than for estates of decedents who died on or prior to January 1, 2005, and that, prior to October 1, 2018, had filed a return under section 12-359 or been assessed a tax under section 12-367, or (2) the tax that was imposed un…
In the determination of any matter pending before a court of probate, the judge may call to his assistance any judge of the Superior Court, any other judge of probate or the Probate Court Administrator who, personally or by his designee, shall assist the judge.
If any judge of probate declines to act or is disqualified from acting as judge of probate, or is absent or unable to discharge his duties, or if the office of judge of probate in any district becomes vacant, the Probate Court Administrator shall cite any judge of probate to act as judge of probate in the district to w…
Any judge of probate who is cited and qualified to act in another district may issue any order in his own district, as acting judge of the other district, as long as no prior hearing of adverse parties is required. Any such order shall be recorded in the records of the other district.
Section 45a-122 is repealed, effective October 1, 2015.
(a)(1) In any matter pending in any court of probate, except an involuntary patient matter or involuntary commitment matter under chapter 319i, a temporary custody matter under part II of chapter 802h, or an involuntary representation matter under part IV of chapter 802h, the court may refer the matter, with the consen…
(a)(1) There shall be probate magistrates for the purpose of hearing matters referred pursuant to section 45a-123. Any former probate judge under seventy years of age, other than a probate judge receiving a retirement allowance under section 45a-40 due to permanent and total disability, who is an elector of this state…
Any order of notice of a hearing or notice of the right to request a hearing in any proceeding in, or matter pending before, a court of probate, which is required by law to be given to interested persons, may be made by the judge, the clerk or the assistant clerk of such court of probate.
Courts of probate may make any proper order for notice to be given to any person residing out of or absent from this state and, except as otherwise provided, to any person within the state to whom particular notice of any proceeding before such court is required by law. The notice given under the order shall be a legal…
(a) Whenever public notice is required in any proceeding in, or matter pending before, a court of probate, except as provided in sections 45a-124 to 45a-127, inclusive, such notice shall be by publication in a newspaper having a circulation in the district in which the court is held, for the length of time which the co…